Mohan
The name means "enchanting". In Poland it stays rare: just 113 men hold it, and most people here have never met one.
Mohan Pronunciation
Mohan is pronounced MO-khahn (/ˈmɔxan/).
What Mohan means
Where Mohan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Mohan comes from Sanskrit, where the root "muh" gave rise to "mohana," a word for one who fascinates or charms. Here the short meaning and the origin agree. "Charming, enchanting" is not a sense layered on later. It sits at the root.
In Hindu tradition, Mohana became an epithet of Krishna, the god said to captivate hearts with the sound of his flute. That is how a plain adjective turned into a name people carry. A word for allure became a word for a person.
On a Polish class register the name reads as something from elsewhere, and it is. Its origin is filed under "other," outside the Slavic and Latin lines most Polish names follow. Mohan brings its own history to the roll call.
Say it and it stays short. Two syllables, no diminutive, no feminine twin. The meaning rides along with the sound: charming, enchanting.
How many people are named Mohan
1 in 188904 men in Poland is named Mohan. 113 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3198 among male names.
Mohan as a middle name
Mohan is a first name for 113 men in Poland and a middle name for another 60, a 65/35 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 947th, between Kilian (60) and Rolf (60).
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#945 Gerd60
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#946 Kilian60
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#947 Mohan60
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#948 Rolf60
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#949 Shankar60